Mazatlán vs Toluca full preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mazatlán

Mazatlán saw a 0-3 score versus Guadalajara last game, a game to learn from. Next up is this firm Toluca team.

Insights:
  • Mazatlán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Liga MX

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Mazatlán form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Mazatlán have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. When Mazatlán hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Tigres UANL, Atlas, Leon, Santos Laguna and America), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Mazatlán has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gil and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for Mazatlán's attacking players as they have now played 199 minutes without scoring in a league game. Sanvezzo was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager Gil led his Mazatlán to a defeat in the Liga MX match away at Guadalajara. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de Mazatlán. Mazatlán lost the game against Guadalajara in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that. The attacker Sansores was announced as "man of the match" for Mazatlán with a rating of 7.11/10. Sansores hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Guadalajara (0-1).

Mazatlán has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Mazatlán's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toluca form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Toluca playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Toluca have lost on their last two travels.

Diego, Fernández and Álvarez scored in Toluca's previous match, the home game against Santos Laguna that ended 3-1. Fernández got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Fernández scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 0-5 defeat away at Pumas UNAM before that.

Toluca have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Toluca in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived match between these teams is the Toluca - Mazatlán 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Mazatlán victory, one draw and one Toluca win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaC. Da Silva Sanvezzo
C. Da Silva Sanvezzo
8 goals
TolucaÓ. Ortega Gatica
Ó. Ortega Gatica
4 goals
TolucaR. Sambueza
R. Sambueza
4 goals

Mazatlán missing players

Toluca missing players

Mazatlán Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 10 20
5 4 1 Won W 3 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
8 2 1 Lost L 0 5 7
18 13 1 Scored S 7 9 26
27 12 3 Conceded C 2 18 30
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
78% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 85%
56% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 60%
22% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
44% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 30% 60%
17% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 15%
44% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 35%
 
2.2 2.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.5 4
5.2 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6 5.5
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.7 2.8
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.9 8.6 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.8 12.6
2.3 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.8
44% 50% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 22% 34%
 
15.1 14.2 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 15.7 15.1
5.2 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 5
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Mazatlán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mazatlán haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Querétaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.